<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Greetings,<br><br>I have been playing with the same concept. Automotive alternators/generators don't put out adequate current to be an effective homebrew generator.<br><br>I used a treadmill perm mag motor for my last iteration.<br><br>Good Luck<br><br>Cheers<br><br>--- On <b>Sun, 3/22/09, Steve Ross <i><sross1@austin.rr.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Steve Ross <sross1@austin.rr.com><br>Subject: [ausev] Generator idea.<br>To: ausev@austinev.org<br>Date: Sunday, March 22, 2009, 9:14 AM<br><br><div class="plainMail"><br>I have an idea for a portable generator. I have a gas scooter with a<br>chainsaw motor that the mounts are broken. Could I connect that to an<br>automotive generator and make a poor mans portable generator? I
figure this<br>is basically the same thing they are doing with the hybrids but with a more<br>sophisticated small engine. I want to build a small 'wal-mart' e-car I can<br>use for grocery runs and was thinking this would be a cheap generator I<br>could mount in it to extend my range.<br><br>Are there any good kit cars available in Austin. I would like to build an<br>exotic looking 3 wheel one or maybe a modified dune buggy / go-cart.<br><br>Thanks<br>Steve Ross<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>AusEV mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:AusEV@austinev.org" href="/mc/compose?to=AusEV@austinev.org">AusEV@austinev.org</a><br><a href="http://www.austinev.org/mailman/listinfo/ausev" target="_blank">http://www.austinev.org/mailman/listinfo/ausev</a><br></div></blockquote></td></tr></table><br>